Headline WISC Madison Wisconson: Was Jesus Into Hip-Hop?

Co-author of Jesus and Hip-Hop Prophets, Rev. Alex Gee, will be in Middleton tonight speaking about the connection between faith and hip-hop culture, and the role that hip-hop has in social consciousness. Following his presentation, Rev. Gee will sign copies of the book.

“Hip-hop intrigues me because it has blurred the cultural and socioeconomic lines,” Gee said. “It knows no color, sex or zip code. Hip-hop is a voice for disenfranchised people and is doing what the church was intended to do. Hip-hop often sounds angry and ‘in yo face,’ but its role is to prick our social consciousness.”

“Hip-hop is doing what the church was intended to do”? I’m not sure what hip-hop is doing, but is it doing this?

Matthew 28:18-20: 18And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.